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| == dry adiabat ==
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| <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A line of constant [[potential temperature]] on a [[thermodynamic diagram]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In terms of pressure ''p'', and [[specific volume]] α, the equation for a dry adiabat may be written <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-De49.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-De49]]</blockquote></div> where ''c''<sub>''p''</sub> and ''c''<sub>''v''</sub> are the [[specific heats]] of [[dry air]] at constant pressure and volume, respectively. Meteorologically, the dry adiabat is intended to represent the lifting of dry air in a [[dry-adiabatic process]]. Since this is also an [[isentropic]] process, a dry adiabat is an [[isentrope]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[saturation adiabat]]; <br/>''see'' [[Poisson equation]].</div><br/> </div>
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